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The Western Cape (Xhosa: iNtshona-Koloni; Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap [ˈvɛskɑːp]) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi), and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. [8]
This is a list of cities and towns in the Western Cape province of South Africa. They are divided according to the districts in which they are located.
The region stretches for over 400 km from north to south and is known for its scenery and fertile fishing grounds. [citation needed] The main towns in this region are Saldanha, Paternoster, Vredenburg, Velddrif, St. Helena Bay, Langebaan, Hopefield, Darling and Yzerfontein. The region's main nature reserve is the West Coast National Park.
The Western Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the City of Cape Town) and five district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into twenty-four local municipalities .
It lies along the Western Cape Province's south coast between the Cape Peninsula and the region known as the Garden Route in the east. The boundaries of the Overberg are the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the West; the Riviersonderend Mountains , part of the Cape Fold Belt , in the North; the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the South and the ...
Western Cape topology showing the Boland Mountains. The Boland (Afrikaans pronunciation:, meaning "highland" [1]) is a region of the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated to the northeast of Cape Town in the middle and upper courses of the Berg and Breede Rivers, around the Boland Mountains of the central Cape Fold Belt.
It is situated about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province and is known for its scenic environment and viticulture and fruit-growing heritage. [ citation needed ] Paarl is a colonial town founded by Dutch colonists who seized Khoikhoi lands, many Khoi died in the colonisation process.
It is the third-largest city in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is located 120 kilometres (75 mi) north-east of Cape Town on the N1 highway north to Johannesburg . Being the largest town in the Western Cape's interior region, it serves as the administrative capital of the Breede Valley Local Municipality and as regional ...